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Kalcheva, Katerina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

After a long downturn, the economies of transition countries have bounced back with strong output growth and stable fiscal and monetary policies. The group ranges from large countries like Russia, with extensive resources to much smaller countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The change of...

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The empirical relevance of Goodwin’s business cycle model for the US economy

Tarassow, Artur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The paper attempts to verify Richard Goodwin's (1967) endogenous business cycle theory which states that the driving …

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The behavior of trust-region methods in FIML estimation

Weihs, Claus; Calzolari, Giorgio; Panattoni, Lorenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1986

This paper presents a Monte-Carlo study on the practical reliability of numerical algorithms for FIML-estimation in nonlinear econometric models. The performance of different techniques of Hessian approximation in trust-region algorithms is compared regarding their "robustness" against "bad"...

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Predicting the Medal Wins by Country at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games: An Econometrics Approach

Pfau, Wade Donald - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

Demographic and economic characteristics have been shown to provide important predictive power for determining a country’s success in the Olympic Games. This paper extends such research, providing a set of predictions for the gold medals and total medals each country will win at the 2006...

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Subjective Well-Being as Welfare Measure: Concepts and Methodology.

Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Happiness research is on the rise, but is confounded by competing definitions of subjective well-being based on co-existing concepts, resulting in differing measures and giving rise to different potential policy applications. This paper motivates the societal necessity for using well-being...

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In Quest of Truth: The War of Methods in Economics

Pillai N., Vijayamohanan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

‘theory-data confrontation’; while the former a priori approach has flourished in terms of mathematical economics, the … inductive approach has fulfilled its mission through econometrics and experimental economics. The paper outlines the recent … trends in econometrics and experimental economics in the context of empirical pursuit. We conclude the study, reiterating the …

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Estimación del Modelo Probit Multivariante: Una Mejora

Vargas, Martin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

In this work we found first and second derivative from the log likelihood function of the Multivariate Probit model Multivariante, later these derivatives are implement in Ox to measure the impact of the use of analytical derivatives on the time of estimation in this class of models. En este...

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Mutual Funds and Segregated Funds: A Comparison

Palombizio, Ennio A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Mutual Funds are the most common form of investment for the average household. They offer a fair amount of return for a limited amount of risk. Segregated Funds, which are, simply put, mutual funds with additional features, have grown in popularity as of late. It is something of great interest...

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A Note on Numerical Estimation of Sato’s Two-Level CES Production Function

Mishra, SK - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

In this paper Sato’s two-level CES production function has been estimated by nonlinear regression carried out through five different methods of optimization, namely, the Hooke-Jeeves Pattern Moves (HJPM), the Hooke-Jeeves-Quasi-Newton (HJQN), the Rosenbrock-Quasi-Newton (RQN), the Differential...

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Analysis of Trends in Emission of Criteria Air Pollutants and Human Health in an Era of Regulation

Mariam, Yohannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001

Several studies have shown the environmental and health impacts of emission of criteria air pollutants such as SO2, NOx, PM, and VOCs. These pollutants are primarily associated with acid rain, ground level ozone or smog, and formation of inhalable particulate. The present study will examine...

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